Exam question 4 · Nice alone, mean in a group

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning retaliation in kind against a two-faced friend.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, retaliation, kind

This is exam question 4 of lesson 468 «Nice alone, mean in a group» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	retaliation	retaliation	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 kind	case
12	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obl
13	against	against	ADP	_	18 friend	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 friend	det
15	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	17 faced	nummod
16	-	-	PUNCT	_	15 two	punct
17	faced	faced	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 friend	amod
18	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 kind	nmod
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	retaliation	kind against a faced friend		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus retaliation=Experiencer

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

It invariably causes the offender to apologise

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 causes	nsubj
2	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	3 causes	advmod
3	causes	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 offender	det
5	offender	offender	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 causes	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 apologise	mark
7	apologise	apologise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 causes	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	present	It	the offender				invariably property	tree rules
2	apologise speech: apologize	to-infinitive	the offender not said here						tree rules

Option 2

It increases the popularity of the retaliating pupil

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 increases	nsubj
2	increases	increase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 popularity	det
4	popularity	popularity	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 increases	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 pupil	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 pupil	det
7	retaliating	retaliate	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 pupil	amod
8	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 popularity	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	increase	present	It	the popularity of the retaliating pupil					vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer popularity=Patient
2	retaliate	gerund							vn rebel-71.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It tends to produce two unhappy parties without resolving the matter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 tends	nsubj
2	tends	tend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 produce	mark
4	produce	produce	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 tends	xcomp
5	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 parties	nummod
6	unhappy	unhappy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 parties	amod
7	parties	party	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 produce	obj
8	without	without	SCONJ	_	9 resolving	mark
9	resolving	resolve	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 produce	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 matter	det
11	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 resolving	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	tend	present	It		tree rules
2	produce	to-infinitive		two unhappy parties	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent party=Result
3	resolve	gerund		the matter	tree rules

Option 4

It is the recommended manner of restoring friendship

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 manner	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 manner	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 manner	det
4	recommended	recommend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 manner	amod
5	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	SCONJ	_	7 restoring	mark
7	restoring	restore	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 manner	acl
8	friendship	friendship	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 restoring	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	recommend	participle			vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	It	the recommended manner	tree rules
3	restore	gerund	the recommended manner not said here	friendship	vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent friendship=Theme

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